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October 29, 2012

Officer-Involved Shooting in Van Nuys

Los Angeles:
Los Angeles Police Department Van Nuys patrol officers are involved in
an officer-involved shooting conducting a vandalism investigation in the
13800 block of Oxnard Street in response to a previously generated call
of a “415 Man Armed with a Knife or Ax.”

The officers were in the apartment building courtyard when the vandalism
suspect, 49-year-old Alexander Nestoiter walked by them. The suspect
was ordered to stop and initially refused to comply with the officers’
order. When the suspect did stop, he turned toward Officer Lata in an
aggressive stance. In response, Officer Lata drew his baton and ordered
the suspect to turn around and raise his hands.

The suspect failed to comply and reached to his rear waistband area.
Fearing the suspect was attempting to arm himself, Officer Lata dropped
his baton and drew his service pistol. Officer Lata again commanded the
suspect to show his hands. The suspect produced a Glock semiautomatic
pistol, pointed it at Officer Lata, at which time an officer-involved
shooting occurred.

Los Angeles Police Department Force Investigation Division (FID)
responded and will be handling the investigation of the officer-involved
shooting.

The investigation will ultimately be reviewed by the Chief of Police,
the Office of the Inspector General and The Board of Police
Commissioners for compliance with the Department’s use-of-force policy
which states that an officer’s use-of-force actions must be objectively
reasonable. Additionally, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s
Justice System Integrity Division will conduct a comprehensive review of
the facts of the officer-involved shooting.